Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"His controversial book, 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,' was recently published and hit the non-fiction bestseller list in the UK."
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"So, Nigel, we're going to talk today about your book, 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,' which has just been released a few weeks ago and, as I understand, is doing quite well."
Hitler's Table Talk
Buy on Amazon"Now, one of the things I learned, for example, I read a book called 'Hitler's Table Talk,' and it was transcripts of his spontaneous discussions over meal times over about a three-year period. I was very interested in the psychology of contempt and derision, and Hitler never used language that was associated with fear in relationship to the Jews."
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"So in my book, tell me if I'm wrong, when I'm coming to a judgment about the British Empire, I don't shy away from the really bad bits. Insofar as I identify as British, those are painful for me to admit, but I do admit them."
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"So I applied that same thing to myself; when I come across material in history that I read about that is negative about the British Empire, I report it in my book. There are a number of pages that deal with the 150 years of abundant involvement in slave trading and slavery in, I think it's the second chapter."
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"I've read them, and on the whole, I mean, are there a number of cases in the book where I lay out what they say and then I take it apart? Most of the time, in my view, it falls apart, but as I said, the reader can see what I'm doing exactly, and if the reader thinks I'm not playing fair or I'm cheating in some way or I'm overlooking something, they can see it."
The Merchant of Venice
Buy on Amazon"I'm thinking of a passage in the book of The Prophet Jeremiah where the Prophet is complaining to God. He's saying, 'You give me your word and I speak it, and everyone hates me and insults me."
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"All right, so there are eight chapters in the book and you associated each of the chapters with a question. I thought we would just go through the chapters and the questions."
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"On the inside cover of my book, I insisted on having a photograph of young Chinese student protesters in Hong Kong with a placard that said 'Hong Kong is British' to make that point."
Utilitarianism
Buy on Amazon"I wrote a book on what's wrong with rights in 2020, and then this book came out."
Colonialism
Buy on Amazon"All right, everyone, we have been talking today with Professor Nigel Bigger, professor of Christian ethics, about his new book, 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,' which hit the bestseller list in the UK and is now widely available in other English-speaking markets, and I presume will be translated quite widely as the months progress."